Five Southern Females are having an art show at the Springstreet Firehouse (412 41st Street South) MAY 20th from 6-9.
Jennifer Toole!
Suzanne Endsley!
Rachael Rausch!
Laurin Humphries!
Margot Wade!
It will showcase the delicate, precious representation and presentation of our created selves. And all of it is adorable. So adorable. Princesses and engagement rings adorable.
//you HAVE to go to this!!! dont miss it!!
from East Lake Arts District:
YOU are invited by the East Lake Arts District as we host our inaugural art show and the first art show of the 2011 season in the Birmingham metro area.
Over 35 artists!!! Painters, clay, assemblages, jewelry, fiber, wood and more!
Parking and shuttle service available at East Lake United Methodist Church, 2nd Ave S @ 78th Street. Limited handicapped parking available at Ruffner.
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Great food and family fun. Parents leisurely browse the stalls while the staff of Ruffner entertain your children with short hikes around the preserve and create their own art projects.Entertainment on the Ruffner Stage featuring musicians Robert Huffman and Mandy Langford, Devyani Dance Company, Robinson Elementary Choir, Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School Dance Troupe, Drama class, Choir and Band and costumed performances by the Bards of Birmingham under the direction of Laura Coulter though out the day.
Over $600 in cash and prizes to be awarded to three Best in Show artists.
Visit our website, www.eastlakearts.org for a full listing of artists participating in Art on ‘R Mountain and more information about the East Lake Arts District. Also join our Facebook pages of the same names for reminders and updates.
Saturday, April 2 · 9:00am – 5:00pm
Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve
1214 81st Street, South
At Lite Box Gallery: Opening Friday, April 8th at 6:00 p.m., The End & Means is a sculptural exhibit, fulfilling the MFA requirements at UA for graduates April Livingston and Joe McCreary. Dealing with themes of her own personal mythology, Livingston aims to inspire the viewer to “question form, assemblage, and the importance of material.” Livingston was born in Mobile, Alabama and received her undergraduate degree from University of New Orleans/University of Mobile and completed a post baccalaureate certificate in painting at S.A.C.I. while studying in Florence, Italy. McCreary’s sculpture deals with the deconstruction of everyday objects, calling into question the importance of the individual components that make up a form. Humorous in their approach, McCreary’s choice of objects is largely autobiographical. McCreary holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and has been an Artist in Residence at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark for the last ten years. Join us in celebrating with Joe and April!
Event Info
1731 1st Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
April 8th, 2011
6:00PM – 9:00PM
On Friday April 29 Bici is having a poster and bike art show showcasing our race posters over the years, along with bike related art – prints, sculptures, functional pieces, hand-built bikes, and who knows what else! We’d love to have as many artists as possible show their work at the show. If you’re interested email anna@bicicoop.org
Friday, January 21 · 6:00pm – 8:00pm-Grey American Landscape by Yeon J. Yue-
My recent project “Grey American Landscape” comes out of a three months cross-country road trip, photographing American Military families, military towns, and other tourist areas, from Los Angeles to New York.
Through dealing with two opposite contexts, War and Family, in one project, I am trying to create the narrative of the world that has co-existed within reality and fiction. This new …War Documentary photographs are mosaic pieces of what American Landscape means to me.
I searched all the military related areas through the Google Map, and I realized that the areas are colored in grey color on Google Map. Grey color, between black and white, exists in our real life even on the map.
I was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, where the ideological conflict still exists. And at the age of 22, as all the South Korean males do, I joined the military service, and served alongside the U.S. Air Force as a Military Police. While I was serving, 9.11 happened, and everything seemed new to me, traumas, worries, desires, and friends and family.
This is an unseen American Landscape. Security and insecurity, reality and fiction are co-existed in one space. Glorious and disgusting, but their beautiful and heart touching stories could be found alongside my road trip. My dearest friend, Tony in Shevlin Minnesota, still puts his pistol in the vase, but never locks his front door.
YEON YUE, “GREY AMERICAN LANDSCAPE”
new photographs
January 21 – February 26, 2011
opening reception Friday, January 21, 6-8 pm
beta pictoris gallery
2411 Second Avenue North
Birminbgham, AL 35203
D.I.Y Birmingham, which we all love, is creating a zine called “the Forge.”
If you have any artwork (drawings, paintings, collages, photos, etc), write ups, album reviews, interviews, event write ups for the zine email theforgezine@gmail.com.
CORRECTION: not made by DIY Birmingham. but by “Members of the DIY Community” :)
Opening reception, Friday, January 14, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
From the Lite Box Website:
Lite Box Gallery will exhibit this show from January 14 through February 26 in the ArtFolk space at the Young & Vann Building in downtown Birmin…gham, Alabama. The show will be one of the largest exhibits of its kind in the state, featuring more than 30 Alabama artists who are exploring the increasingly popular medium of printmaking. Featured artists include many of Alabama’s most talented printmakers as well as emerging artists.
Printmaking can take many forms, from colorful screenprints and bold block prints to the delicate lines of intaglio and the nostalgic look and feel of letterpress. Visitors to “First Impressions” will see examples of each type of printmaking and gain insight into the different artistic processes, including the new frontier of digital printmaking. In addition, weekly workshops, demonstrations, and artist talks will enable the public to experiment with printmaking and make their own art pieces. Upcoming classes are listed at http://liteboxgallery.wordpress.com/upcoming-classes-and-demos/.
Artists include:
Justin Banger
James Cormier
Michelle Ray
Debra Riffe
Bethany Moody
Rebecca Munkachy
West Finlayson
Tenisha Hicks
Michael Swann
Jane Marshall
Brandon Oswalt
Lauren Faulkenberry
Suzanne Sawyer
Helga Mendoza
Cathy Wright
Sarah Marshall
Aaron Drew
Drea Zacharenko
Rebecca Reynolds
Chris Bisset
Mimi Boston
Shelleigh Buckingham
Ashley Lindsey
Scott Stephens
Kathy Baty
Patrick Mayton
Jill Marlar
John DeMotte
Scott Fisk
Timarie Fisk
Jeremy Markham
Charles Buchanan
Lite Box Gallery at Young & Vann, a view from 1st AVenue North at 18th Street. The gallery entrance is located on the back side of this historic building.
From their site:
Just a little note to say Lite Bax Gallery has temporarily moved to the Young & Vann Building located at 1731 First Avenue North in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
Our next show, First Impressions: An Introduction to Alabama Printmaking, will open with a reception on Friday, January 14th, 2011. Please make plans to join us!
Hours:
Wednesday – Friday, Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Other hours by appointment.
Location:
Young & Vann Building
1731 First Avenue North
Phone:
205-716-1665
©Jonathan Gröger/MMX
Get the book on Kickstarter! The awesome art venue MMX where Birmingham Collective’s own Jason Burgess works at. When I went to Berlin I was able to go to this incredible venue. Please Support!
We are searching for funding to publish a book that documents the beginning of an international and transitory art project. MMX Open Art Venue started with the challenge of one year to change a dilapidated building in a commercial neighborhood in a foreign country into one of the most successful spaces for emerging and underexposed art and creativity. The space we used last year will be demolished and renovated into condos next year and the only thing that will exist is this book cataloging the whole MMX experience.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2061620078/one-year-one-book-mmx-open-art-venue/
Image courtesy Carl Fudge and Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York. It is Komposition Z by Carl Fudge.
Thursday, January 6 · 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Artlab at UAB
900 13th Street South
Birmingham, AL
The first of two exhibitions exploring trends in contemporary printmaking. Part 1 focuses on abstraction across print media, and features works by Polly Apfelbaum, Laura Berman, Carl Fudge, Kevin Haas, Karla Hackenmiller, Gunilla Klingberg. Co-curated by Derek Cracco and Brett Levine.
you can find the facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=147252025324696
art lab at UAB facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=46964882683
